Sunday, May 20, 2012

As part of the Gettysburg Festival the Inns of the Gettysburg Area has put on its 1st Annual Garden Tour, on Sunday, June 10, 2012 (1-5 p.m.). Tickets are $10/person and entitle you to visit 10 properties in and around Gettysburg. For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit: www.gettysburgbedandbreakfast.com, or call 717-337-3423.

The Brickhouse Inn will be one of the 10 B&Bs in the garden tour. The proceeds will go to The Gettysburg Festival and Land Conservancy of Adams County.

The first of the 2012 series is on Tuesday, June 5. Stuart Dempsey tells about "Carroll's Brigade at Gettysburg".

Col. Samuel Carroll had a reputation as an agressive combat soldier, and so did the men under his command. By the summer of 1863 the four regiments of his 'Gibraltar Brigade' had already proven themselves on many battlefields, and they would do so again at Gettysburg. The tour will investigate the role of the 8th Ohio in front of Cemetery Ridge, as well as the timely counter attack executed by the rest of this hard-fighting brigade on East Cemetery Hill. The total walking distance of this tour is approximately 1.5 miles for the round trip, including some inclines.

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I was born in India, went to high school and college in England, then worked as an economist, mostly in Africa and Asia. I've lived (for more than a year) in nine countries - US, Britain, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Swaziland, and have visited over 50 other countries.